YOU CAN'T STOP THE SPARKLE

[cleolinda]

'New Moon' Smashes 'Dark Knight's' Opening Day Record!

Which means it's already made a shade just under one hundred million ($100M), which was my original entire-weekend prediction. (ETA: Or wait, the midnight screenings are included? $72M is a bit better. Although that's still more in 24 hours than Twilight made its entire first weekend.) I'm officially revising my estimates up to $170M now. (Well, in that case, let's take it down to $140M.)

You know, I'm not surprised, exactly. It was tracking above TDK all week, and it's already the highest-grossing advance ticket seller and midnight opening. And it may be that the mainstream won't turn out the rest of the weekend. But the official @Twilight account on Twitter has been RTing messages from fans saying that, as of mid-afternoon yesterday, they had already seen the movie four and five times. Four and five times. I understand, sociologically, psychologically, emotionally, financially, why it's happening. I'm not surprised, precisely. But I'm kind of astounded.


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Comments

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I still can't get over the hype.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Five times? I mean, the closest I ever came to that was seeing Fellowship of the Ring with friends and then with family within a forty-eight hour period.

Damn.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a movie that many times, I've only seen TTT a couple of times but that's it heh.

[swarles.livejournal.com]

This news makes me sad. TDK > Twilight.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Brighten up by thinking of what would happen should The Joker descend upon Forks! :D

[xerinmichellex.livejournal.com]

Four and five times?! It's only been in theaters for a day. I mean, I saw TDK three times in the theater, but that was over a couple of weeks. On the plus, parents can answer the age old question of "Do you know where your teenage daughters are?"

[mysduende.livejournal.com]

Yep. Teenage daughters are back home after seeing it 2x and the Twi-moms are out seeing it 4 to 5x. ;)

[demonoflight.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to think. On one hand, I loathe TDK with a passion. On the other hand... I don't think I should be happy about a Twilight movie breaking any of its box office records.

I'll just sit here and be confused.

[sevenmarie.livejournal.com]

FINALLY! someone else who doesn't like TDK!

thank you!

[sun-star-n-moon.livejournal.com]

Awww this makes me sad.

I mean....I love twilight for the lolz....but news like this makes me fear for the future of humanity.

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[fiveforsilver]

I don't get it, I can't think of any single movie I would ever want (or ever have wanted, even at that age) to watch four or five times in that short of a time period.

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

Agreed. *nods*

[sarcasticcheese.livejournal.com]

I believe that $73 million includes the midnight showings, I think it usually does. It's going to depend on what the numbers are today as to whether it smashes TDK.

I knew it would be big. I didn't think it would be THIS big.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

Stephanie is laughing all the way to the bank.

[gabsy.livejournal.com]

I'm confused, and a little scared.

[sideofzen.livejournal.com]

How do you see a movie four or five times BY MID AFTERNOON?? Ridiculous.

[stepliana.livejournal.com]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[pessimistkimvi.livejournal.com]

Heh, I've already been twice and I'll go again today, this is only because Sunday is my birthday so everyone keeps taking me.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

LOL it's the one gift that won't go away.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I managed to see The Phantom Menace about that many times opening weekend, but one day? Damn.

[saelyra.livejournal.com]

Four and five times.

That makes me feel so sane, you have no idea. It's actually kind of a relief to know that however out there I get, I will never compare to the bizarre case that is the twitard.

[iluvbeingme23.livejournal.com]

THIS.

It's so nice to feel reassurance this way. I'm normal? Awesome!

+Christina+

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Ugh

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Obviously, ten years ago, these people would be the ones who saw Titanic four or five or a dozen times within a few days.

Doomed!Romance is big money, after all. Especially when the Doom! is going to have a happyish ending.

[malsperanza.livejournal.com]

And before that, West Side Story.

Twilight is all about the addictive quality of yearning--the more you have, the bigger the gaping well of need you have to fill. It's got repeat-viewings built in.

[stinalotta.livejournal.com]

This kind of scares me. As in, a lot.

I'd like to imitate Friends whenever they go on and say nothing but 'why' for about half a minute but the thing is, I know why. Because it's Twihards and Twimoms and the world's ending, that's why!

Seriously, I think the movies I've seen four or five times all in all I can count on two hands.

[beansalad.livejournal.com]

This is why when the next Harry Potter movie comes out, everyone has to go at midnight or on the first day :)

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Yes. We will put Twilight back in its rightful place. Behind the Potter.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

*chagrined stunned silence*

The "where is your god now" tag is perfect.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so it's official: when the aliens come to seize control of the earth and eat us all, I will totally be on their side. OH HUMANITY WHAT HAVE YOU WROUGHT.

[ook.livejournal.com]

TDK was a crap movie too. Audiences love mediocre films!

On a good note, perhaps Hollywood might actually start making more films that appeal to women rather than the 15- to 29-year-old male demographic. Maybe more women involved in the making of films might get jobs!

[tavella.livejournal.com]

That was sort of my vague comfort as well -- that studios will remember that there are female audiences to make movies for, instead of the unrelenting sausagefest they have been recently.

However, it's likely that studios being studios, what we will get is an unrelenting string of movies starring passive and agencyless Mary Sues, which I can't say I regard as any better.

[bleakwinters.livejournal.com]

I am weeping inside. Weeping. 4 or 5 times? WHY? HOW? I... I am actually terrified that my friends will drag me to see it and I will lose them to fursplosion and crap plots. Already they love the books.

SMeyer, give me back my friends!

[golden-d.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is, who the hell has the money to go to the movies five times in two days? (And can they give some to me, instead?)

[angelene.livejournal.com]

THIS. SO VERY MUCH THIS.

I mean, I dunno, maybe in the States movie theatre tickets sell for ridiculous prices, but... uh. Still.

[fallen-soprano.livejournal.com]

I don't know where my God is, to tell you the truth. She must be hangin' around the Carribean with the rest of them on vacation. It's the only way I can justify the fact that this movie's made over 100 milliion bucks. Though I envy them, as they are in a nice, warm place. Much better than the vast coldness of space I think.

Some Gods have all the fun.

Sorry they are not here

[andromedabastow.livejournal.com]

I live on the Caribbean TL is as big here (maybe even bigger since this is a place where teenagers don't consider reading as fun and still ate this books like it was cake) as on the state so no, they must be on China or something.

[cherrysakura5.livejournal.com]

The only reason I might watch a movie in theaters more than once is because I've sneaked in to see it when I'm bored. No matter how much I love a movie I will never pay more than once to see it. That's some weird dedication.